Quotes About Toughness

Men should have rough hands and be strong.

I was kind of a tough girl. And I guess that came through, like, moving around, my parents getting a divorce, different step-families, and stuff like that. I'd been through a little bit more than most people who are just from Laguna Beach.

When I played for the Steelers and I got my bell rung, I'd take smelling salts and go right back out there.

If you're thin-skinned, you don't belong doing what I do for a living.

For the human mind in its polarity of the male and female modes of experience, in its passages from infancy to adulthood and old age, in its toughness and tenderness, and in its continuing dialogue with the world, is the ultimate mythogenetic zone -the creator and destroyer, the slave and yet the master, of all the gods.

Crying is no use, you know. We never cry, even though we aren't men yet, like you

Survivor—under what conditions?" "Any conditions. Adaptability, toughness, quickness—those are the things that count most." "I think kindness means a lot," said Sheila timidly. "It's a luxury, I'm afraid, though of course it's such luxuries that make us human," said Mandelbaum. "Kindness to whom? Sometimes you just have to cut loose and get violent. Some wars are necessary.

Mr White and Mr Pink have a very ungraceful and realistic fight. They go at each other like a couple of alley cats.

We can appear to be tough as nails, but guys have a level of insecurity and vulnerability that's exponentially bigger than you think. With the primal urge to be alpha comes extreme heartbreak. The harder we fight, the harder we fall.

Love makes me vulnerable. In business I'm tough on myself - I'm like a drill sergeant. If I'm down, I'm used to getting right back up, but when it comes to love, your heart can't do that.

I can be extremely vulnerable. People are tough on me because they think I can handle it.

I think one of the reasons I've had success in hip-hop is that I can bring out vulnerability in people who are generally seen as tough guys. To me, when a hip-hop musician always plays tough, I find it annoying because I know they're not really like that - there's something deeper and vulnerable. There has to be, because they're human beings.

When you get the first knock, it kind of wakes you up: you know, they are men, and it is not like Under-18s when you can take loads of knocks and know you will be fine, that you won't feel anything after the game. You definitely get harder knocks, but it helps. You just get up and get on with the game, and then you can give it to them back.

I was doing a scene in a medical tent in 18th-century battle dress, pantaloons and a ripped shirt, and the guy from the crew kept asking me if I was OK, if I was too cold. I told him, 'Are you kidding? I'm from Wales!'

I know, a lot of the films I've done, it's obvious I'm going to beat up six guys and just walk out the door. There's not a lot of motivating factors - it's just action for the sake of action.

I'm not a fighter, but I would love to be a boxer because I love the courage and toughness. I mean, there can be nothing more terrifying than walking into an arena and looking at Mike Tyson in the ring.

I was raised in a time when parents brought out belts, and you got tough love.

Being tough is probably the biggest thing that NFL players are known for, having that kind of toughness.

I lead the league in scratches. I'm always bleeding - I'm used to it.

I can play with pain. It doesn't bother me.

Russian machine never breaks.

If you put a brick on my head and break it, I will be fine.

Adrian Clayborn is somebody that relentlessly brings that attitude, energy, and toughness.

You either create something there on the street, or nothing happens. It's brutal. But if you go through that for two or three years, it really toughens you up.